Emulsion



Patented July 24, 19 34 y I I UNITED STATES PATENT O E EMULSION Harold James Barrett and George Lowrance Dorough, Wilmington, Del.; assignora to E. L

du Pont de Nemours a Company, Wilmington, Del., a corporation of Delaware No Drawing. "Application April 1, 1933;

Serial No. 664,024

. iscioim. (01. 134-11) This invention relates to the art oi making Example! emulsions and more particularly to emulsion To 50 parts of chloro-Z-butadieney-Lii (chloro made w th a w class or emulsi y a prene) is] added 50 parts or a- 2% aqueous soluhis i ventio has as a object t preparation tion or the sodium salt or a polyhydric alcoholhi Stable emulsions with Water 01 llquids polybasic acid resin prepared from the following immiscible therewith. A further object is to disingredients:

close a new type of'material as an emulsifying Glycer 9 73 agent. A st111 further object is the preparation Phthauc anhydrme 6 of compositions comprising aqueous emulsions "F"?- 65 10 of synthetic rubber and more particularly of w 3 chloro-2-butadiene-l,3. Other objects will appear heremtten by heating them for one hour up to 200 C., hold- We have discovered that improved emulsions h point one one and of water with water insoluble liquids maybemadc or m acid zg 12 i g 7 15 by using polyhydric alc'ohol-polybasic acid resins, Y t e ffgg 3 2 and preferably aqueous Solutions of their water- 32:: an i l w a ter soliftion o the resin is sti d soluble salts,aseinulsiiying agents. These aquefive minutes with a high speed time! The ous solutions as well known to those skilled in chloroprene is reduced to a very small particle the resin art, are prepared by partially esteriiy {Si d a very stable ion of chlor p 75 a basic acid with a l dric alcohol 2o fin oi w ithout modifying ing r d i ts, and neuand Pmduced- 2? 'auwed.

trallzing with an aqueous solution of water solug 3 t-' i ble base such as ammonium or sodium hydroxide. polyme za on ed g i g g Other acids, as for instance i'atty oil acids, may d g '80 be used with the polybasic acids in the partial suit in: an a" g esteriflcation o! the polyhydric alcohol. 2 3 can I m ee a. gai r golutlon ti 32 11 8 1 123 :aitP I s vafi The following table shows the eflegipi the use solution is added to the other immiscible liquid or aqueous solutions of water soluble S31 .2 s5

and the mixture subjected to mechanical agitaous polyhydric 'fi g tion, as for instance with a high speed stirrer i ff 1 te e 1 i i 562211.521; se'szmspzzzmzu-mz A particularly valuable application of our laid down-from these newemulsions or chlorovention is in the preparation of emulsions of prene, as compared with films resulting from. 90 a5 ch1oro-2 -'bi i t adiene- 1,3 (hereinafter emulsions prepared in theusual manner from chhmprene a v the conventional soaps, will be apparent. Items Th 1 77 8 xamp in wh the Parts 2 and 7 or the table are a direct comparison iv n a y weight is an illustration of the involving nims laid down from the emulsion of 95 method of carrying out thevinvention. Example I.

V Material v Filmproperties No. Emulsii'ylng medium i v 'Amoimt Emulsiiled Amount. $2 3 100 i I I I I v 1 2% solution of ammonium salt of a 26% eastor oil 150g Chioroprone g 2100 040 Good. modified glyceryl phthalate resin. 2 2%figlluitlgitiolaifiimonium saltolunmodliled glyceryl 100 o 1003 1125 800 Do.

res I a 2solutionoiammoniumsaltola35%stearinmodiflod 100 .--do lillge000 1210 Do. 105

lyccrylphthalate resin. v I 50 4 2% solution of sodium salt oi a 35%stearin modified 100 3...... do 1w g $76 8150 Fair. glyceryl plithalato resin. 7

5 2% solution 0! sodium salt of a 20% cottonseed oil 100 g. do 100g v 1800 780 Do. modified glycerylphthalate resin. p 6 2%solution of sodium salt of a 25% Ohm-wood oil 1mg do' 1(1) 3...... 2660 1040 Good. modified glyceryl phthalata resin. I no 7 2% solution of sodium in 60 I! do 60 g 1810 700 Poor. 8 3% solution of sodium "1min 50 o 50 g 1750 770 Do. 9 4% solution oi sodium r n 50 g. 1800 650 Do.

'Lb./sq.in. "Per cent increase in length to breaking point.

So far as we are awarg water solutions of polyhydric alcohol-polybasic acid resins are highly advantageous and useful for preparing aqueous emulsions of any substantially water-immiscible liquid. They can also be used for preparing aqueous dispersions of molten resins, waxes, pitches, and asphalts which melt under 100 C. and the emulsiflcation can even be carried out successfully under pressure with those melting above the boiling point of water. The emulsifiable bodies used in the practice of our invention are in general those materials which boil above 20"v C. and

Japan, and Carnauba wax; tars, pitches, and

asphalts; deaggregated rubber; the lower-melting fossil gums and synthetic resins; :oily materials such as liquid paraflin, petroleum lubricating oils, Russian oil, linseed oi1, soy a bean'oil, flshoils, olive oil, castor oil, and China-woo'dbil; and finally, solutions in organic water-immiscis ble solvents of waxes, tars, and pitches, 'of cellu-f- I lose derivatives such as'nitrocellulose, ethyl cele lulose, cellulose butyrate, cellulose acetate, and

benzyl cellulose, and of the higher-melting natural and synthetic resins such as estergum, Kauri,

styrene resins, vinyl resins, amine-aldehyde res;

ins, coumarone-indene resins, polyhydric alcoholpolybasic acid resins, phenol-aldehyde resins,-etc. There are a few obvious limitations to the type of liquid or other substance to be emulsified. This liquid should not readily undergo hydrolysis to water-soluble products, and it should be substantially neutral for reasons of stability of the emulsion. The advantages of the new emulsifying agents and of the emulsions produced, however, are more evident in the case of oily liquids such as mineral and vegetable oils and most apparent in the case of unsaturated hydrocarbons such as butadieneavbromoprene and in particular chloroprene, which polymerize to rubber-like products. The following example is a further illustration.

Example II To 100 parts of liquid parafiin (Russian oil) is added 100 parts of a 3% aqueous-solution of the triethanolamine salt of a high acid number resin prepared from the follo wing ingredientsby heating together in the manner given in, Example I, or to an acid niunber of *80.

Glycerol 17.01 Phthalic anhydride 2 5.15 Stearic acid 57.84

or mixtures thereof, may be used. Oxalic and mum appears to be close to 2%.

glycols; polyglycerols; polyglycols such as di ethylene and triethylene glycols; pentaerythritol; mannitol; ethers of polyhydric alcohols still containing at least two alcohol groups, such as glycerol monobenzyl ether, monoethylin, and the diethyl ether of pentaerythritol. Likewise, acids such as phthalic, succinic, adipic, sebacic, naphthalic, diphenic, quinolinic, hexahydrophthalic, citric, malic, tricarballylic, and maleic,

malonic are not generally suitable since they tend to decompose. The usual modifying agents such as drying oil acids, rosin and monobasic acids in general, as well as monohydric alcohols such as butyl, benzyl, ethoxyethyl, and cyclohexyl, etc., may be used as additional resin ingredients. The water soluble salts of the resins may be made with such bases as sodium, potassium, and ammonium hydroxides or withorganic amines such as diethyl, monomethyl, tributyl, dimethyl, ethylpropyl, tri-ethanoland diethanolamines.

The main requirement in making the aqueous solutions of the resins is that polymerization proceed far enough to build up the molecular weight but not far enough to prevent forming a soluble salt with the water soluble base.

The marked advantages of forming emulsions of chloroprene with the agents disclosed herein rather than with sodium oleate which is representative of they emulsifying agents commonly used, are shown in the table given above. The tensile strength and tear resistance are definitely superior, being most marked when about 1-5% of our emulsifying agent is present. The opti- The elongation at break still shows improvement when the latex contains amounts of the agent large enough to make its diluting effect apparent in lowered values fortensile strength and tear resistance.

As many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention may be made without departing from the spirit and scope thereof, it is to be understood that we do not limit ourselves to the specific embodiments thereof except as defined in the following claims.

We claim:

1. A process for preparing emulsions which comprises agitating water and a liquid substantially immiscible therewith with a water-soluble salt of a poly-hydric alcohol-polycarboxylic acid resin. 1

2. A process for preparing emulsions which comprises agitating a liquid substantially immiscible with water with an aqueous solution of a water-soluble salt .of a polyhydric alcoholpolycarboxylic acid resin.

3. A process for preparing a stable latex which comprises agitating chloroprene and an aqueous solution of awater-soluble salt of a polyhydric alcohol-polycarboxylic acid resin.

4. The process set forth in claim 3' in which the salt of the resin is present in an amount of 15% by weight of the chloroprene.

5. A process for preparing emulsions which comprises agitating water and a liquefiable organic body substantially insoluble therein with an aqueous solution of a water-soluble salt of a polyhydric alcohol-polycarboxylic acid resin.

6. A process for preparing emulsions which comprises agitating water and a substantially neutral liquefiable organic body substantially insoluble therein with an aqueous solution of a water-soluble salt of a polyhydric alcohol-polycarboxylic acid resin.

7. A composition of matter comprising an emulsion of chloroprene with water containing a water-soluble salt of p iyhydric alcohol-polycarboxylic acid resin.

8. An aqueous emulsion of a substantially water-immiscible organic liquid having as an emulsifying agent a water-soluble salt of a poiyhydrlc alcohol-polycarboxylic acid resin.

9. An aqueous emulsion of a liqueflable substantialiy water insoluble organic body having as an emulsifying agent a water-soluble salt of a polyhydric alcohol-polycarboiqlic acid resin.

10. The process set forth in claim 3 in which the water-soluble salt is the ammonium salt of polyhydric alcohol-polycarboxylic acid resin.

11. The process set forth in claim 3 in which the water-soluble salt is the ammonium salt of polyhydric alcohoi-polycarboxylic acid resin containing in combined form a modifyi fl a ent selected from the class consisting of castor oil and stearic acid.

12. The composition set forth in claim 7 in which the water-soluble salt is the ammonium salt of polyhydric alcohol-polycarboxylic acid salt of polyhydric alcohol-poiycarboxylic acid resin containing in combined form a modifying agent selected from the class consisting of castor oil and stearic acid.

GEORGE LOWRANCE BOROUGH. HAROLD JAMES BARRETT. 

